Article Issue: April 2015

DuPont announced it has agreed to acquire Taxon Biosciences, Inc., a leading microbiome discovery company. This acquisition will build on DuPont’s in-house capabilities and unparalleled […]

Exosect Ltd, has commenced legal proceedings against Bayer CropScience Inc. for infringement of its Canadian patent (CA2861526), granted on 3rd February 2015. The patent relates […]

Technological advances by Agricultural Research Service scientists are continuing to improve the way beneficial fungi are produced for use as biopesticides. More than a decade […]

Koppert has consolidated its long-term relationship with Arysta Japan. The relationship between Koppert and Arysta’s IPM department dates back to the 90s. “Strong partners form […]

NewLeaf Symbiotics announced the appointment of Mike McFatrich as Vice President for Business Strategy and Development. McFatrich joins the company from BASF where he was […]

COMPO sells its EXPERT business to XIO Group, a global alternative investments firm. The parties have agreed not to disclose the purchase price. “The sale […]

Goëmar inaugurated its new Global headquarters in Saint-Malo, gathering together all employees in the same workplace since building its production plant in 2011 and its […]

StollerUSA has named Jeff Middleton as its new general sales manager and director of sales for the eastern United States. “Jeff brings to our company […]

The Stockton Group announced the signing of a distribution agreement with Syngenta Argentina to exclusively market and distribute Timorex Gold. Under this agreement, Syngenta will […]

As of April 1, Valent U.S.A. Corporation became the exclusive distributor of the MGK crop protection line of insect control products within the United States. […]

Ward Stepman has rejoined Biobest as sales manager for Southern Europe and North Africa. With his 23 years of experience in biological pest control and […]

Valagro S.p.A announced an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Sri Biotech Laboratories. SriBio is an Indian biopesticide company nationally recognized for contributions to […]

InVivo has launched “2025 by InVivo”, an ambitious strategic plan where some of the keywords are biocontrol, precision Ag, external growth and internationalization. Is the […]

Oro Agri International recognizes the importance of agriculture in the region says Mr. Erroll Pullen, CEO, Oro Agri. “We have therefore appointed Dr. Quang Man […]

A member of the Canadian Parliament, Dean Allison, on behalf of Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced an investment of $143,260 to the Vineland Research and […]

Many 2BMonthly readers may be unfamiliar with AMCOL Bio-Ag. Could you give a snapshot of your company history and involvement in agriculture and horticultural markets? […]

Marrone Bio Innovations, Inc. announced the recent additions of several strategic hires to its sales team as regional territory managers. Jim Colitas - Northeast/Michigan has […]

Plant Health Care announces that it has signed a distribution agreement with TH Agri-Chemicals, Inc., (TH Ag) for the use of Plant Health Care's (PHC) […]

Koppert Biological Systems was awarded a patent for its Natupol Booster on the Dutch market at the beginning of November 2014. By using a different […]

Aquatrols Corporation of America announced the acquisition of technology from Dr. Andrea Carminati and Georg-August-University Göttingen to improve the control of soil-plant-water relations. The commercialization […]

There are only 107 commercial products of biological control registered in Brazil, according to data from the Association of Brazilian Businesses of Biological Control (ABBBC). […]

Dow AgroSciences and Radiant Genomics announced an R&D collaboration agreement to discover novel natural products for application in crop protection products. The collaboration combines proprietary […]

Biolchim S.p.A. announced that three new products received registration approval in Hungary by The National Food Chain Safety Office in April 2015. Nov@, a liquid […]

BioForest, which has more than 20 years’ experience in forest pest management, has become the latest addition to Lallemand’s Plant Care division, bringing a wealth […]

Mark Schwarzländer, University of Idaho CALS professor of entomology and biological control of weeds, counts himself among the dwindling number of land-grant university researchers who […]

InVivo reached agreement to acquire a 50% stake in Life Scientific, an Irish R&D company which specializes in off-patent crop protection products. InVivo, with revenues […]

Pest scouting on field level has not progressed for decades, and is normally still based on periodical human visits of the field traps. This often […]

FMC Agricultural Solutions launched the bioinsecticide Helicovex in Brazil for Helicoverpa armigera control, a pest responsible for billions of Brazilian crop losses last year. Helicovex […]

BioSafe Systems announced the addition of TerraGrow, a beneficial soil inoculant, to its soil treatment program. TerraGrow is a blend of beneficial bacterial and fungal […]

TyraTech's Vamousse head lice treatment continues to be adopted by US pharmacy chains, with CVS the latest chain to stock it. CVS Pharmacy is the […]

Verdesian Life Sciences launched Take Off®, a new product designed to enhance nitrogen use efficiency. Globally, farmers are searching for ways to improve the overall […]

This month marks the one year anniversary of BioConsortia, Inc., an ag biotech company which has developed a proprietary Advanced Microbial Selection (AMS) process involving […]

The Asian wasp Trissolcus japonicus has been found in the wild in the United States. The wasp, native to the regions of Asia where the […]

Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. delayed the release of its financial results due to ongoing internal investigation into its finances. Marrone made the disclosure in a […]

New Zealand scientists have begun trials to test the effectiveness of some natural pesticides on one of the world's worst vegetable pests, the diamond back […]

Sumitomo Chemical announced that as of April 1, its agricultural chemicals business operations will be integrated with the biorational business operations to strengthen its global […]

The battle against malaria is also a battle against its natural host, the mosquito, which means disrupting the insect's lifecycle is every bit as important […]

With more than 20 years’ experience in forest pest management, BioForest has become the latest addition to Lallemand’s Plant Care division, bringing a wealth of […]